Roosevelt urges steep excess profits tax to fund defense
President Roosevelt asked Congress to impose a steeply graduated excess profits tax on all individuals and corporations to ensure fair sharing of war demands. He argued the levy would curb windfalls from many and support national defense, with Rayburn noting a WW period style framework but no revenue estimate.
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Ashington
U.P
Wident
Roosevelt
Gress
Congress
House
Rayburn
White House
Noted Aviatrixes Visit Amarillo Municipal Airport
Two prominent aviatrices stopped at Amarillo Municipal Airport this morning. Miss Bernadine King, a California stunt pilot, refueled her aerobatic biplane equipped with sky writing gear. Miss Bessie Ennor of Santa Barbara, a noted portsman pilot, flew her red Beechcraft with a woman passenger en route to Wichita Kansas.
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Poying
Ing
Miss Bessieen
Santa Barbara
Portsman
Wichita
Kaw
May Change Time on Sixth Avenue Parking
The city commission may consider an amendment to a traffic ordinance tomorrow night to change West Sixth Avenue parking from 7 am to 7 pm hours to 10 am to 10 pm. Bids on a car load of gasoline are to be opened. Mayor Ross Rogers, visiting California, is due back Saturday.
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West Sixth Avenue
Ross Rogers
California
McNary Seeks Formal Notification at Salem Home
Senator Charles L. McNary expresses desire to receive formal notification of his Republican nomination for vice president at his Salem Oregon residence. He jokes about whether the notification committee will come to his place without harming his trees.
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Washington
Charles L. McNary
Salem
Ore
McNary
Hinton to Return From Washington to Pampa Barbecue
Carl Hinton Chamber of Commerce manager will return tomorrow night from Washington and plans to stop in Pampa for a barbecue before heading to Denver for the National Aeronautics Association convention July 7 to 10 as Texas governor. Arizona Supreme Court upholds $1,000 damages award to Mrs. Daly in suit against Tucson bartenders over liquor sale to her husband.
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Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Pampa
Texas
National Aeronautics Association
Hinton
Denver
Phoenix, Ariz
Arizona Supreme Court
Todin
John Daly
Tucson
Estonia Latvia Cancel Historic Alliance Pact
A Ber Thi broadcast picked up by NBC reports Estonia and Latvia have agreed to cancel a previously established alliance treaty. The announcement comes as both governments move to redefine security commitments in the region.
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New York
NBC
Willkie Club Opens Texas Headquarters in Dallas
A Willkie for President Club established state headquarters today in the Baker Hotel Dallas. Officials said the independent organization has no connection with the Republican or Democratic parties.
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Dallas
U.P
Baker Hotel
Armament Tax Went Into Effect Across Nation
Washington July 1 AP The emergency tax bill signed by President Roosevelt raises income taxes including a 10 percent supertax and hikes excise levies to fund wartime defenses. Cigarette and gasoline taxes rise. amusement taxes apply to admissions over 20 cents. Deficit and debt figures are noted with optimistic revenue results in 1940.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robbers Ask Questions Then Use Their Guns
Two armed men robbed Lee York at the York service station in Amarillo at 12 30 this morning taking 25 11 from the cash register. They held York at gunpoint and forced him to answer directions to Pampa before striking him with a gun butt and fleeing on Garfield Street. Police searched for the suspects and alerted Pampa authorities.
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Amarillo
Pampa
Lee York
York
North East Eighth Avenue
Garfield Street
Water use in Amarillo rises by half million gallons daily
The city’s water consumption climbed roughly 500,000 gallons per day from June last year. Last month averaged 7,446,000 gallons daily, up from 6,573,000 in June 1939. The water department submitted the report to city manager H. R. Smith this morning.
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Amarillo
Water Department
H. R. Smith
Demand Open Hearings Fight Over Cabinet
Senators demand open hearings on Knox and Stimson cabinet selections as Congress returns from recess. Holt vows to oppose secret hearings, while Walsh and Sheppard weigh private vs public sessions. Nye hints at seeking Willkie views as Senate confirms the nominees.
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Washington
Knox-Stimson
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Military Committee
Henry L. Stimson
Sheppard
Texas
Ellender
Louisiana
Naval Committee
Knox
Nye
North Dakota
Wendel L. Willkie
Senate
Police Find OGPU Circle Linked to Trotsky Attack
Police in Mexico City report the investigation of the machine gun assault on Leon Trotsky last month uncovered a network of suspected Communist OGPU agents. They describe the case as a political crime with possible links to Moscow and an international spy framework.
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OGPU
Mexico
Mexico City
Leon Trotzky
Russia
Moscow
First Fourth of July victim in Seattle dies
Seattle reports its first Fourth of July fatality as an 11 month old girl named Yvonne Tapp dies after a skyrocket fired by two boys outside veers into her bedroom in Daisy Early's apartment. The incident occurred Saturday.
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Seattle
Yvonne Tapp
Daisy Early
Tax money beats city deadline in urgent payments
Tax offices report thousands of dollars paid today as the city school and county offices extended the deadline for last half payments and delinquent taxes. Mail and in person payments surged with officials noting postmarked remittances through midnight and extended hours to handle the influx.
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Perry Burks
City Hall
Burks
Amarillo Independent School
George M. Waddill
Jewell Davidson
Weather shifts as Roosevelt moves Weather Bureau
Mr. Colman, new forecaster for the Weather Bureau, predicts scattered thunder showers and cooler weather. The Weather Bureau moved from Agriculture to Commerce by executive order May 11, with no change in personnel or service. High today around 93, yesterday 90. tomorrow cooler with NW wind, leading to fair hot weather for the Fourth of July.
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Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Western Union
Department of Commerce
Collman
Wheeler Threatens Third Party If Dems Defy Antiwar Plank
Sen Burton Wheeler of Montana warned the Democratic Party he may form a new antiwar party if the coming convention fails to adopt a keep American boys at home platform. He accused the Republican convention of banker influence and attacked Wendell Willkie for supporting intervention. He spoke at an antiwar rally criticizing no bloodshed abroad for Europe or Asia.
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Chicago
U.P
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Democratic Party
Wendell Willkie
Europe
Wheeler
State Board Sets Per Capita School Apportionment
The State Board of Education in Austin set next year’s per capita school apportionment at 22.50, a 50 cent rise above the current allotment and within the legislature’s limit. Neely Greenhill Agey for Insurance.
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Austin
State Board of Education
Dollar Day Frenzy Hits Amarillo Shops
Crowds flood Polk Street stores in Amarillo for Dollar Day with women clamoring for bargains. Managers report strong sales in sportswear and bath suits while one hat shop fears slow business. The Globe notes widespread activity and a playful wedding inquiry reflects shoppers’ presence downtown.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Globe
Society
Big Newfoundland Dog Accepts Two Turkeys as Brood
A 75-pound Newfoundland dog owned by Travis Haynes of River Road has adopted two four week-old turkeys as a brood. The birds sleep on his legs and chest for warmth, and he defends them from chickens though he tolerates no other fowl sharing his roost. The dog will search for the turkeys if they wander.
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Travis Haynes
River Road
Gail Page Quits Screen for Food and Radio Career
Hollywood gossip reports Gail Page, known as Lone Girl in films about four sisters, will quit the screen to devote herself to radio. She cites the push for glamour and health as incompatible with eating freely and pursuing a comfortable life.
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Gail Page
Hollywood
Gail
Ben Turpin Dies at 65 in Hollywood Career Retrospective
Hollywood reports the death of Ben Turpin age 65 a pioneer of silent era slapstick. A New Orleans native Turpin rose from burlesque in Chicago with Sam T. Jack and vaudeville to make numerous one and two reelers. He starred in Swing High (1930) and appeared in an educational short in 1935 and Hollywood Cavalcade last year.
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Hollywood
Ben Turpin
New Orleans
Turpin
Sam T. Jack
Chicago
Palo Duro Hosts Panhandle First Dude Ranch Venture
W. T. Taylor announces Palo Duro State Park concession will open a full dude ranch ready by July, offering 20 tent cabins, bunk houses, hot water showers, ranch meals, daily mail, free laundry every fourth day, no phones, 20 miles of bridle paths, and Labor Day rates 35 weekly 20 three days 7.50 daily.
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Vincent Lockhart
Panhandle
Palo Duro State Park
W. T. Taylor
Taylor
The
el Coronado Lodge
Canyon
Roosevelt plan to pool Western Hemisphere exports faces opposition
Reports from administration sources say President Roosevelt’s pooling of export surpluses from the Western Hemisphere is meeting opposition. The plan, announced two weeks ago, has not yet been formally sent to Latin American governments. New York financial circles doubt its practicality and fear high costs to the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
New York
United States
Start of Miraflores Locks Civil Works at Panama Canal
Governor Glen E. Edgerton oversaw the launch of the approach channel work for the third set of locks. The Miraflores locks will cost 227 million dollars and require six years to complete.
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Panama
Glen E. Edgerton
Las Casadas
Panama Canal
Miraflores
Annenberg Sentenced To Three Years
Chicago reports M L Annenberg a rising immigrant pews boy turned wealthy, was sentenced to three years in prison for evading 1 217 296 dollars in federal taxes on his 1936 income.
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Annenberg
Chicago
L. Annenberg
Pewsboy
America
London Denies Rumor of Nazi Troop Landing
BUCHAREST July 1 U P Romania announced it had renounced the Anglo French guarantee of Romanian frontiers.
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London
Bucharest
U.P
Rumania
Battle Tides Shift Across Europe as Axis Ties Tighten
Reports describe Hungarian mobilization in Transylvania amid Romanian frontier clashes and Soviet advances toward Bukovina. Nazi concerns rise over Russian seizures of German assets in Bessarabia while Germany and Italy press for Christian defense of western Latin civilization. Channel island seizures mark German reach toward Britain as Balkan tension grows and Mediterranean fighting intensifies with Italian offensives and British counterattacks.
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Bucharest
Bukovina
London
West Midlands
New York
Britain
Channel
Guernsey
Jersey
Plymouth
Channel Islands
Cherbourg
Hitler
Callais
Balkans
Russia
Rumania
Germany
Hungary
Foreign Office
Italy
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Prut
Turkey
Dardenelles
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Khartoum
Tritrea
East Africa
Weather synopsis for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Scattered thunder showers and cooler conditions expected tonight with cooler tongue and Tuesday. West Texas sees scattered showers mainly tonight and Tuesday with cooling, while New Mexico faces fair west portions with showers east and north-central tonight. Highs near 90 and a low around 65. noon temperature 90.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pecos Valley
Continental Divide
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